Juan

See also: juan, juàn, juān, jüan, and juǎn

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʍɑːn/, /wɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Rhymes: -ɒn

Proper noun

Juan

A male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

jua, juã, juan, xihua, xihuan
Juº, juº (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוחנן‎ (yókhanan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiwaː(n)/

Proper noun

Juan

a male given name from Spanish
- 1583, grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan (Tetzcoco):
  onquimitalhui yn anatzin quimolhuili yn iatzin jua migeltzin […] camo miactin niquipian nopilhua ca ça yehuatl y noxihuato
  Ana spoke and said to her older brother Juan Miguel […] "I don't have many children, only my little Juan"

Related terms

Juana

References

James Lockhart, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford University Press (1991), pages 70–71.

Manx

Proper noun

Juan m

a male given name, equivalent to English John
Cheayll mee voish Juan jiu.
I heard from John today.
Ta mee reih Juan erskyn Jamys.
I choose John in preference to James.

Synonyms

(John): Ean, Eoin

Derived terms

Juan Boght
Juan Doo
Juan Gorree
Juan Gorrym
Juan Haink Noal
Juan Joarree
Juan Mooar
Juan shooyl
Juan y Phaiyl

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Juan	Yuan	N'yuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish Johan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן‎ (yókhanan, literally “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxwan/ [ˈxwãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: Juan

Proper noun

Juan m

John (Biblical character)
a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
John (book of the New Testament)

Quotations

1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Marcos 1:9:
Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.

Derived terms

Diminutives

Juanito

Juan Bautista
noche de San Juan

Related terms

Juana
Juan el Bautista
Iván (“Ian, Ivan, Evan”)

Descendants

→ Classical Nahuatl: Juan
→ English: Juan
→ Tagalog: Juan

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Juan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhwan/, [ˈhwɐn]

Proper noun

Juan m

(biblical) John
a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhwan/, [ˈhwɐn]

Proper noun

Juan

a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin